"Nottinghamshire (22pts) beat Glamorgan (5pts) by ten wickets Glamorgan continued on their woeful season, enduring their eighth loss in nine County Championship games, this time to Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. The hosts won the toss and sent Glamorgan in to bat, and got wickets, admittedly while conceding runs quickly in the process - the final score was 261 in 61 overs. Chris Read, the former England wicket-keeper, then made his fifth first-class century with a 117-ball ton, only to be departed by Nottinghamshire's last man Mark Footitt shortly afterwards - left stranded on 103 not out. Nottinghamshire, however, had made"
"on the Duckworth Lewis method. However, they won the County Championship on the last day, having lost the preceding two matches, with Somerset in second place tied on points but with one less win. 2013 brought a second major trophy of the Read era with victory in the YB40 one-day competition. While further titles and a first T20 Blast success have eluded them, Notts have remained a fixture in the First Division of the Championship this decade under Read's long-running captaincy, also featuring a number of England players including Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Alex Hales, James Taylor and Samit Patel."
"competition were the two finalists from the 2013 County Championship Plate final – Northumberland (winners) and North Midlands (runners-up) who replaced Durham and Kent. Lancashire were the defending champions. The northern group was won by Lancashire, qualifying for their sixth successive final by winning all three games, although they had some stiff opposition from rivals Yorkshire and Cheshire on the way. They were joined by Cornwall, also making their second successive final, who won the southern section in a similar manner, with close wins against Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire getting them through. Both of the newly promoted counties, Northumberland and North"
"of team salary payments in 2012."" 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 The 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 tournament was the fourth and final season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties, plus Scotland, the Netherlands, and the Unicorns, a team of players who did not have first-class contracts. The competition consisted of three groups of seven teams, from which the top team from each group, plus the best second-placed team, progressed to the semi-finals. The groups were allocated randomly. In 2014, the ECB 40 was replaced with the 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup. ""Durham"
"2013 Twenty20 Cup The 2013 Friends Life t20 was the fourth season of the Friends Life t20 Twenty20 English cricket competition. The competition ran from 26 June to 17 August 2013. The teams and format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Northamptonshire Steelbacks were champions, defeating Surrey in the final to win their first limited overs trophy since 1992. The 18 teams were divided into three groups of six and each group played a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams from each group and the top two third-placed teams qualified for the knockout stage: a"
"the quarter-final, Warwickshire hosted Lancashire in an entertaining game. After Lancashire set the Bears 194 to win, Warwickshire were able to claw back to 187 for 7, and lost by 7 runs. It was Lancashire who would go through to face Gloucestershire, Sussex, and Kent on the Finals day, held at Edgbaston in August. 2012 Warwickshire finished 4th of 6 teams in the Midlands/Wales/West division, failing to make the quarter-finals. 2013 Warwickshire finished 4th of 6 teams in the Midlands/Wales/West division, failing to make the quarter-finals. After the season, Warwickshire changed their name to Birmingham Bears for T20 competitions. The"
"a second game in a week in a high-scoring encounter against Yorkshire. Draws also resulted in the contests between Middlesex and Sussex, Surrey and Warwickshire, and Somerset and Durham. Yorkshire defeated Middlesex by ten wickets, their first win at Lord's for 26 years. On the same day, Durham completed a narrow victory over Warwickshire, placing them back in title contention. Sussex, while remaining unbeaten, could only manage a draw with Surrey. The contest between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire also ended in a high-scoring draw. Somerset achieved their first win of the season away at fellow relegation candidates Derbyshire, while Surrey managed"
"2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 The 2013 Yorkshire Bank 40 tournament was the fourth and final season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties, plus Scotland, the Netherlands, and the Unicorns, a team of players who did not have first-class contracts. The competition consisted of three groups of seven teams, from which the top team from each group, plus the best second-placed team, progressed to the semi-finals. The groups were allocated randomly. In 2014, the ECB 40 was replaced with the 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup. ""Durham were deducted 0.25 points for breach"
"Yorkshire, winning the trophy for the fourth time in 10 years.<br> 20: North Wales Crusaders beat London Skolars 42-24 in inaugural Northern Rail Bowl final at The Shay.<br> 28: Graham Murray, former player and coach dies of a heart attack at the age of 58. 24: Wigan Warriors win the 2013 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, winning the competition for a record 19th time<br> 28: Brothers Sam, Luke, Thomas and George Burgess become the first set of four brothers since 1911 to play together in the same rugby league team when they take the field for the South Sydney"
"a fourth successive draw, this time against title contenders Yorkshire. A draw for Sussex against Nottinghamshire was enough to give them second place in the table, eight points behind Yorkshire, and 8.5 ahead of Durham, at the halfway stage of the season. After a two-week break, Championship cricket returned on 8 July. Sussex beat Somerset for the second time in 2013, this time in just three days. Derbyshire's relegation worries were not abated when they lost by 279 runs to title contenders Durham, who bowled them out for under 200 in both innings. Middlesex's title ambitions were dented by a"
"Premier League Leaders' Shield,were crowened 2013 North East Cup Winners with a 24-16 win over Jarrow Vikings before sealing the treble with a 33-16 win again over Jarrow Vikings in the North East Premier Grand Final at Peterlee Pumas, Helford Rd. The Gateshead Storm season continued with a 24-0 bye against Northampton Demons Academy, a 62-12 win against Telford Raiders and a heartbreaking 28-22 defeat by South West London Chargers in the Harry Jepson Trophy final at Butts Park arena, Coventry. 2013 also saw Chris having a major input into the U14s talent pathway. He coached the South of Tyne"
"Mullaney was a regular in the top order of the Lancashire second team which progressed to the final of the Second XI Championship and the semi-final of the Second XI Trophy. At the end of the 2009 season he turned down a two-year contract with Lancashire and signed for Nottinghamshire. Mullaney won the Nottinghamshire player of the year award in 2013 having moved up to the opening slot in the county championship, scoring two centuries. He also made an average contribution with the ball, in the sides YB40 title winning side and the t20 teams progression to the quarterfinals. He"
"Rabbitohs.<br> 28: York City Knights are relegated from Championship 1: Featherstone Rovers beat Hunslet Hawks to win 2013 RFL Championship League Leaders' Shield, and relegate Hunslet to Championship 1.<br> 1: North Wales Crusaders beat South Wales Scorpions to be crowned champions of 2013 Championship 1<br> 1: Huddersfield Giants win first ever Super League League Leaders' Shield and finish top of the table in the top division for the first time in 81 years.<br> 22: Warrington Wolves choose Huddersfield Giants in the Club Call for the 2013 Super League playoffs.<br> 23: Wigan Warriors's fullback Sam Tomkins signs for New Zealand Warriors"
"Bears has been synonymous with the team for many years and will continue to play under the Warwickshire banner in the other two competitions. 2014 The Birmingham Bears came 4th in the North Group (behind Lancashire Lightning, Nottinghamshire Outlaws and Worcestershire Rapids) to qualify for the knockout stages. They faced Essex in the quarter finals which they won by 19 Runs, to reach finals day at their home ground. On Finals Day, having beaten Surrey in the semi final, they went on to beat Lancashire by 4 runs to win their first T20 title. England India Ireland Kenya New Zealand"
"competition culminates at Lord's for the final. The Royal London One Day Cup replaced the Yorkshire Bank 40 over League. The first winners of the competition were Durham in 2014. The NatWest t20 Blast is a Twenty20 cricket competition contested by the eighteen first-class counties. The game is limited to 20 overs per side, and the emphasis is on fast action. It replaced the Friends Life T20 in 2014. The competitions of minor counties cricket are the Minor Counties Cricket Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Women's County Championship is played each year, in a similar manner to the"
"for the 2006 match at Headingley in June 2006. A crowd of 17,000 turned up at Old Trafford for the 2008 fixture which Yorkshire won by 4 runs. In July 2013, a sell-out crowd of 17,500 at Headingley witnessed the first ever tied Twenty20 match between the sides. Up to the end of the 2013 season Yorkshire have won 9 games to Lancashire's 8, with a tie and a no result match. In 2012, there was no Roses Match in the County Championship due to Yorkshire being relegated, with Lancashire winning both matches in the 2011 County Championship. In June"
"2013 Champions League Twenty20 The 2013 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) was the fifth edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 17 September to 6 October 2013. Sydney Sixers were the defending champions but they failed to qualify for the event. During the finals on 6 October 2013, in a re-match of the opening game, the Mumbai Indians won their 2nd CLT20 title after bowling out the Rajasthan Royals, defeating them by 33 runs. Domestic Twenty20 competitions faced several setbacks in 2013. The Bangladesh Premier League included a spot-fixing scandal where seven"
"As defending champions of the Twenty20 Cup, they booked their places in the semi-finals yet again on 18 July thanks to a victory over Middlesex, but lost to Yorkshire, conceding 400 runs in the second innings to the Yorkshiremen for the second time this season. In the National League, however, they defeated Scotland easily, before drawing a rain-hit match with Essex. On 30 July they travelled to The Oval to lose their Twenty20 Cup semi-final with Somerset Sabres. August started with a 234-run Championship loss to Lancashire, before they travelled down to the coast to beat Sussex in the National"
"wins over Scottish Saltires and Surrey Lions to take a ten-point lead in Division Two, though with second-placed Durham Dynamos having two games in hand. The County Championship also moved towards its conclusion, with Nottinghamshire and Hampshire recording wins on the matches that started on 30 August to take the top two spots in the Division One table. In Division Two, Derbyshire came close to breaking their winless streak when they finished three runs short of a winning total against Durham, and had to settle for a draw; runners-up Lancashire lost further ground in the title battle through a 285-run"
"a game to spare with victory over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on 12 September 2014. Yorkshire followed up a successful 2014 with an even better 2015 winning their 33rd County Championship title with a record wins and points total. In July 2018, they were one of the six teams invited to play in the first edition of the Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy, scheduled to start in October 2018. Lord Hawke, in the early days of his captaincy, designed the white rose badge. Copying the idea from Lancashire, who already had adopted the red rose as a symbol, Hawke designed a"
"the 1970s. In 2003 the men's senior team reached the final of the County Championship Shield (now Plate) losing 8-27 to Northumberland at Twickenham Stadium. In 2006 they made Twickenham for second time, this time in the final of the County Championship Plate (now Shield), losing 17-21 to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire. In 2017 the county made it third time lucky in the 2017 County Championship Shield final, edging Sussex by virtue of tries scored after the game finished 29-29. The Oxfordshire seniors men's team currently play in the County Championship Shield - the third division of the County Championship."
"a row. Mark Irish, James Merriman (both Bristol), Juan Pablo Socino (Nottingham) and Rob Cook (Cornish Pirates) are in the team for a second season. 62 - 20 Nottingham at home to Moseley on 27 November 2011 65 - 3 Bristol away to Doncaster Knights on 9 March 2012 65 - 3 Bristol away to Doncaster Knights on 9 March 2012 Bedford Blues away to Esher on 10 September 2011<br> Nottingham at home to Moseley on 27 November 2011<br> Bristol away to Doncaster Knights on 9 March 2012<br> Plymouth Albion at home to Moseley on 21 April 2012 Nottingham at"
"just half a point, although they had more success in the shorter formats and ended up runners-up on their debut appearance at Twenty20 Cup finals day. In 2007, Notts won promotion back to the top flight of the County Championship, finishing second in Division Two. In 2008, the first season of Chris Read's captaincy, they came close to winning both the County Championship and NatWest Pro40 outright, losing to Hampshire on the final day and Sussex on the final ball respectively. In 2010, Nottinghamshire made it to Finals Day of the Friends Provident Twenty20 Cup. Drawn against Somerset, Notts lost"
"The participating teams were the 18 first-class counties plus Scotland, Netherlands and Unicorns. ECB 40 The ECB40, last known as the Yorkshire Bank 40 (YB40) for sponsorship reasons, was a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season as a replacement for the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy competitions. Yorkshire Bank were the last sponsors, taking over the naming rights from their parent company Clydesdale Bank for the 2013 edition. Warwickshire won the inaugural tournament. The competition was replaced by a 50-over tournament, to bring the domestic game in line"
"final to Oldham 44–14. Chris Thorman arrived at the club in 2010 as assistant to Ratcliffe but saw himself become acting head coach while Ratcliffe was suspended. The Knights claimed one of their biggest scalps when they defeated Leigh Centurions, who were in the division above, 13–12 in the Northern Rail Cup group stages thanks to a late Thorman drop goal. Ratcliffe returned for the away game at Doncaster and Dave Woods arrived at York as director of rugby in April 2010. Five games later, Ratcliffe was sacked after a 30–36 defeat to Swinton Lions and Woods was named as"
"after a hundred from Derbyshire's No. 5, Chris Taylor. The other matches in the North had Leicestershire, Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire as winners. In the South, Sussex bowled out Gloucestershire for 98 only to fall short by two runs in a match not affected by rain, Middlesex held on to second place after beating Kent, and Essex finished third after beating Surrey. There was also wins for Hampshire and Somerset. The Twenty20 Cup began on 27 June with a full round of matches. In the North, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire recorded wins, Surrey won in the South along with Kent and"
"when they won by 8 wickets at Edgbaston. This meant that Warwickshire finished second in the Midlands, West and Wales Division behind Gloucestershire, and qualified for the finals day as the best runner-up. The finals day was held on 19 July at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Warwickshire met Leicestershire in their semi-final, who they defeated by 7 wickets, with Trevor Penney top scoring for the Bears with 43 runs. Surrey claimed victory over Gloucestershire in their semi-final to set up a Surrey-Warwickshire final. Unfortunately, Warwickshire were unable to perform in the final, and only scored 115 runs. Surrey managed to score"
"in 2011. In 2013 Anderson's Riders side ended their 12-year wait for a trophy with an 85-80 BBL Cup Final win over the Newcastle Eagles. Anderson scoring a crucial 15 points at the Birmingham National Indoor Arena to help his side in the final. He went on to complete a historic treble adding the BBL Championship & Playoff trophy to the cabinet. He was named Nottingham Sports Personality of the Year for 2013. The Riders would win the BBL Cup the following season and would pick up a further BBL Championship & BBL Trophy before leaving for Cheshire in the"
"to Nottinghamshire. In the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Hampshire progressed to the final thanks to a century in the semi-final against Yorkshire by Sean Ervine. In the final at Lord's against Warwickshire Ervine repeated the feat scoring 104 runs as Hampshire won by 18 runs; Hampshire's first silverware in 13 years. Two years later, Hampshire progressed to the final of the newly renamed 2007 Friends Provident Trophy at Lord's after finishing top of the South Division. In the final the club played Durham where they lost by 125 runs as the match went into a reserve day due to"
"goodbye to the Twenty20 Cup with a 19-run loss to defending champions Leicestershire. A tour to Wales followed, winning the one-day game against Glamorgan in style before playing a Championship game on the same ground, which they also won comfortably. August started with a three-wicket loss to Warwickshire, which saw them crash into sixth place in the Championship table, and another loss to Essex followed, this time in the National League. In the Championship, they set Nottinghamshire 530 to win on the fourth day at Trent Bridge, but that day was rained off, resulting in a draw. Then, Northamptonshire travelled"
"on the leg side."" In the Second Test at Lord's, Hobbs and Sutcliffe scored 268 before Sutcliffe was out for 122; Hobbs went on to make 211 and England again won by an innings. In the whole series, Sutcliffe scored 303 runs at 75.75. Yorkshire faced a strong challenge from Middlesex for the County Championship and it was only because of two Middlesex defeats in the last fortnight of the season that they were able to take the title in the end. Apart from representative calls, Yorkshire fielded almost the same eleven players throughout the season: Sutcliffe, Holmes, Leyland, Oldroyd,"
"group A, played at The Stoop on Friday 13 July; London Welsh 7s and Sale Sharks 7s qualified from group B, played at Edgeley Park on Friday 20 July; and Gloucester 7s and Bath 7s qualified from group C, played at Kingsholm on Thursday 26 July. The finals were played at The Recreation Ground on Friday 3 August. The six teams were split into two pools of three teams The winner of pool A, Gloucester 7s, were defeated 28 – 31 by the pool B winner, London Irish 7s in the final. The 2013 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series was the"
"Blues. London Welsh, having finished bottom of the 2012–13 table, were relegated to the RFU Championship. On 31 May, Northampton Saints beat Saracens 24-20 to win the final at Twickenham. The 2013 edition of the Premiership Rugby Sevens Series began on 1 August 2013 at Kingsholm, continued on 2 August at Franklin's Gardens and 3 August at Allianz Park. The finals was on 9 August 2013 at The Recreation Ground. This was the first opportunity of the season for any of the teams competing in the Premiership to win a trophy. Gloucester 7s won the Series Final, beating Leicester Tigers"